Watch, Oh! watch for deadened will...
Scattered intention, and the cup half-filled...
Inexperience in battles heeds to presumption
Shield me from faulty, ungodly assumption.
Am I bored for my soul's asleep, sunk in fleeting "deep"?
Days tedious for swinging around adversary hideous?

Seek, Oh! seek for lasting trail of Light
Supernatural motive to sanctify toil, added might,
To be cleansed by insults, spit, thorns and hurtful blows...
Unfearing of pain - the purifier and sanctifier of souls!
Rid of the foes of Light! for pain can be joyful and darkness bright.
Sacrifice sweet as honeycomb in the final, sacred rite...

Abide, Oh! abide in His wounded Heart...
Unafraid of Truth, all for Sooth unclenching
Thirst from puddles of earthly comfort not quenching
Lacking sacrifice - no cherished ideal is ever real...
Can there be earthly and heavenly bliss and consolation
While missing earnestness for others' elation... salvation?

Let Thy Love open unwary ears
Enliven heart that not much feels...